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Psalm 104:19 He made the moon to mark the season, and the sun knows when to go down. This coordination of the moon and the sun… It captures me. And I am reminded. The God who tells the sun when to set and has the moon ready at just the right moment is the same…
My friend always told me “God doesn’t waste suffering . . . if we cooperate.” To Cooperate with God: to struggle, to keep an open, honest communication with Him about all that concerns me and the ones I love. I wrote the following letter to God five years after my brother got lost in the…
 joining with Diedre Riggs and The Sunday Community From my August 2008 journal. The truth doesn’t change Just the details! Psalm 63:8 I hold on to you for dear life. And you hold me steady as a post. The Message A random photo while walking a country lane on Saturday. So much…
Recently I visited Fort Sheridan Beach on the north shore of Lake Michigan and this is what I saw as I got out of the car. By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can’t see: eternal power,…
What do we do with our suffering? Last week Diana opened the door to a series-within-the-series, a set of questions that touch on the Big Topic of suffering. This week’s question jumps in a little deeper: It reminded me of something really important I learned from my mentor/spiritual director friend, Shirley. It was about grief…
“Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question.”  Elizabeth Elliot These words introduced “Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question.” Elizabeth Elliot These words introduced our “Silence” last Sunday morning, and I thought of this post from a couple…
Diana Trautwein asks this question in her Living the Questions series on her blog, Just Wondering this week. This week I am linking my post to hers. There has been a great discussion there in her online community. You might want to spend some time there. Yes, Yes, there is room for my tears. Tears…
I first posted this a little over two years ago, in September 2011. In January, I was looking for a blog post to take to a writer’s group. And there it was. The circumstancees were different then, but the message is still the same and is pertinent for me now,(third paragraph particularly), over two and…
I know. It’s January. It’s winter. It’s cold and a lot of us have a lot of snow with more in the forecast. Since I love snow, I am OK with all of this. You may have noticed this site has been quiet. If you need an update on “where “ I have been, read …
There he sits, watching grandpa create a play yard for him and his little brother. So much room in this new great big yard in this new place Perfect for the big boys And even bigger ones! But two of them are still little And to be safe, they need some help from the grown-ups…